Small Texas Town to Discuss 93-Year-Old's Death

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Leaders of a Central Texas city will hold a special public session about the fatal police shooting of an armed 93-year-old woman.

The Hearne City Council will convene Saturday afternoon about the death of Pearlie Golden. An officer in Hearne, 110 miles northwest of Houston, shot Golden on Tuesday night after she allegedly refused to put down her handgun.

Golden's nephew, Roy Jones, told KBTX-TV that he called 911 after his aunt failed her driver's license renewal test, they returned to her home, he refused to hand over her keys and she grabbed her gun.

Jones says Golden fired two shots into the ground when an officer told her to drop her gun.

Protesters have marched on city hall over the shooting of Golden, also known as "Miss Sulie."